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Defining philosophy is as difficult as trying to define love. The word philosophy is not much help. Philosophy is a combination of two Greek words, philein sophia, meaning lover of wisdom. In ancient times a lover of wisdom could be related to any area where intelligence was expressed. This could be in business, politics, human relations, or carpentry and other skills.
Etymologically, philosophy can be broken into the following roots and examples. Hazarding a beginning definition and some general characteristics of philosophy might be of help. Philosophy is the systematic inquiry into the principles and presuppositions of any endeavor. Some restaurants have printed on the back of the customer's bill their philosophy of restaurant management. Recently, philosophy of sport and medical ethics have generated much interest. In general, philosophy questions often are a series of why-questions, whereas science is often said to ask how-questions..